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How north beach is different from union square, thats persuasive, different kinds of business, different kinds of support from corporation, all that kind of thing. So, those would be my comments. Ill open it to members of the board. Director heinicke. I have a question, which is based on these presentations and the goal of extending the project further north and the goal of obviously accommodating our neighbors to the extent we can, i certainly favor option 4. I think weve heard a lot of comment...

Fares will increase, and this has not come up at all that i know of, not at this meeting or other meetings. What are we going to do in the future when we cant get around the city with Public Transit and that train system is just a big boondoggle . I also fear what the 1906 earthquake could not do to destroy chinatown, this project will. And my favorite place to go is north beach. And im just horrified to think that i will not be able to access some of those wonderful restaurants and bakeries tha...

Asked the last meeting, why section 1 have to be done after 2, 3 and 4, cant pick any of those . They said, well, thats what you need. You need a station in north beach so more people coming in. When the station going to be done . Its not even on the books. Its not even money, nothing. 10 years from now, 15 years from now . This is 1989 to 2012 to be starting. When the station north beach going to be . Theres no money, theres no plans, theres nothing. Im going to be retired. Im not even going to...

Okay. This question is for staff. On third street along that block, whats on the other side of the street . The opposite side of this is an existing condominium oh. The bossa tour and they have bottom retail. There is a chain and they are working on that. Small market is what i have heard, but i havent seen anything come through yet. Yeah, the chase is already there. Okay. Thank you very much. Are there any questions or comments . I just have a comment. The color is very nice. You need more of i...

After our action today. I wanted to jump into a little bit of detail about how we are going to resolve some of the issues. In particular ground floor activation. So, commissioner ellington got to a little bit of that when you were talking about entrances on first street. I would like to hear more thoughts maybe from the architect on how we are going to get to some compromise on ground floor activation because the parking is on the ground floor that lovely sort of courtyard which i understand is ...

The. Not when it is sucked up by the School District itself and so until we shine a light on return on investment for these expenditures i think we will continue to live in a world where we spend more money per kid but dont get the results. Talk about student voucher tell us how you change your thinking on this interesting topic. This topic gets people really riled up if you want to have the debate just bring up the word voucher. I am a democrat and have spent my entire life when i asked my dad ...

Its a financial calculation. The one thing we talked about in the book and i dont know how it is for many people but the founder of paypal scholarships he recruits the top students in the country like harvard doesnt he pays them to work with him and the other students. They get paid to go. They make a deal where teal and the company get a percentage of what these young people make as a result of this experience. Its investing in Human Capital and its an interesting idea. One and it do to david w...

You know, i find it interesting, okay, the administration says, Climate Change, it creates floods, droughts, pest and infant stations. Farmers are saying, wow, we never had to build this before. What can you do for us . Come on, its the craziest thing in the world. They will set up these hubs, they will slosh around. Do federal agencies, universities and nongovernment organizations, it sounds like another big time cash free for all for all the friends. I think the white house is trying to ask th...

[speaker not understood] not only do we have the business, and they want to dig a huge hole in the middle of columbus avenue and union. Now, i ask the last meeting, i asked the last meeting, why section 1 have to be done after 2, 3 and 4, cant pick any of those . They said, well, thats what you need. You need a station in north beach so more people coming in. When the station going to be done . Its not even on the books. Its not even money, nothing. 10 years from now, 15 years from now . This is...

Represent over 600 households and merchants. And at our recent meeting that ended at 9 oclock last night, our board of directors with 30 people we have a very large board of directors unanimously voted to support option 4 at the pagoda theater. It is rare that 30 people agree, especially the 30 people with whom im involved. I come from a family of 45. Rarely we have collaboration, rarely consensus. So, ive been involved with ive been with north beach library, so, different opinions. I respect an...